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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 04/07/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, 1767 February 24 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 1982.10.3

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Commissions of Oyer and Terminer 1767 February 24 MS 1982.10.3 On site. 1 item. English Virginia. Lieutenant-Governor (1758-1768 : Fauquier) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, Manuscript #MS 1982.10.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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Purchase, 1982

Biographical/Historical Information

Francis Fauquier (1703- 3 March 1768) was a Lieutenant Governor of the colony of Virginia, and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768.

Scope and Content

Commissions of Oyer and Terminer of Oyer and Terminer, 1767 February 24, appointing Cornelius Calvert, Maximilian Calvert, Mathew Godfrey, Samuel Hopper, John Hutching, Jr., Joseph Hutching, William Ivey, John P. Mark, John Tatem, Robert Tucker, George Veal, Thomas Veal, and James Webb to serve as justices at a court in Williamsburg, Virginia, to arraign and try the firm {?} of Portsmouth and Glasgow for a felony.

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1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768 Calvert, Cornelius Calvert, Maximilian Godfrey, Mathew Hopper, Samuel Hutching, John Hutching, Joseph Ivey, William Mark, John P. Tatem, John Tucker, Robert, Jr. Veal, George Veal, Thomas J. W. Corporate Names: Portsmouth and Glasgow Subjects: Judges-Selection and appointment Courts-Virginia-Williamsburg-History-18th century Courts-Powers